The woosh of the bullet train grew intensely until it quickly met another Tunnel. "Next stop, Musutafu! I repeat, Next stop, Musutafu!" A boy dressed in a UA uniform stood by a door, looking out the window, his suit was up to standard, but in contrast, the boy's long hair was messy and unkept... part of his left ear was missing, what was left was covered in piercings.. his eyes were blue like water, but drowsy like the boy hadn't slept. The boy felt someone tapping on his shoulder. A much shorter student stood behind him...

"Michi! How's it been?!"

Michi Shinomori turned around, forcing a slight smile, he recognized the student behind him as Shizu Baga, behind him was his twin sister, Fugu Baga

"Hey guys, I'm alright. And you guys?"

fugu shrugged as she looked down at her phone.. distracted, Shizu looked up with a smile

"I'm doing great! It's our first day!! We're going to meet so many new people!"

Michi shrugged, "yeah I guess."

Shizu stood next to Michi, "what are you sulking for? Mr. "I was the first recommendation!" You should be glad!"

Michi nodded, looking outside, "New Tokyo" was rebuilt after the battle with Shigaraki, the buildings stood taller and brighter than ever before... they were almost to their stop.. Michi sighed at Shizu's statement. Yeah, he got into UA without needing to test, but Shinomori didn't want to study to be a hero.. he just planned on applying to the support.. or general academics.

"yeah. I don't know, I've been thinking-"

the bullet trained began to slow down, Shizu started to slide like he was gonna fall over, but was caught by a tall, broad shouldered student.

"Come on airhead. Keep your eyes open."

"a-ah, sorry Senshi! How are you today!?"

Senshi Itami grabbed the train bar, behind him was his childhood friend, Hana, the two of them have been through thick and thin. They were almost inseparable!

"we're doing fine, how've you guys been?"

Senshi took Fugu's phone away so she paid attention to her friends

"hey asshole! Give it back!"

Senshi rolled his eyes

"Then stop texting your boyfriend."

Fugu kicked Itami in the knee, taking her phone back

"it's not like that asshole."

Everyone turned their heads back to Michi, who had moved away from the group of friends, he had plugged his headphones in and was ignoring his friends.. Senshi rolled his eyes,

"just like mom always says. Kids and their damn phones."

Shizu looked up at Senshi

"come on man, give him a break, todays a bit of a stressful day.. for him."

Senshi shrugged "l mean, it should be for all of us. It's the first day for all of us. Not just Michi."

Shizu scowled at his friend, "you know it's not just because of that. And you know that."

Michi could still hear Shizu and Senshi, he exhaled sharply...

eventually everyone made it to UA high! The bright and beautiful school was full of new students, friend groups taking photos together with smiles ear to ear... one of those grounds was Fugu, Senshi, Shizu, and Hana... Michi tried walking by.. his collar was grabbed by Hana

"Shinomori! You too! You're not getting out of this, it's a new beginning!"

Senshi released Michi from Hana's grip...

"he's not big on photos... never has been, you can't force him."

Senshi turned to Michi with a kind smile,

"would you like to join us?"

Michi sighed, everyone was staring at him.. he let out a sigh, walking into the group photo, but hiding in the back.. with a straight face, he held a peace sign.

fugu shouted

"cheeeeese!!"

Fugu brought her phone down to her face, sending the photo to everyone. Michi didn't look at it, immediately deleting it. He started walking inside. Shizu stopped Michi,

"hey! See you in class?"

"yeah, Baga, don't worry about me."

Michi walked towards administration... awkwardly he went in-front of the desk

"yes? How may I help you young man?"

Shinomori awkwardly gripped his bag..

"umm... I'd like to defer classes."

the administrator looked at the boy confused

"okay? We can move you classes, what are you? General, support or-"

"hero."

"Ah."

the woman asked for the boy's name, typing it into the database

"Ah! Michi "Hiragana" Shinomori...! Son of the eighth hero, Drifter, and... Nomad. Rank, S, class 1-A, got in through recommend- sweetie, why do you want to change?"

Michi scratched his face, trying to move his hair out of his face, only for it to fall in-front of him again.

"it's my choice isn't it?! Id rather not be in the hero course."

a girl behind Shinomori turned her head in confusion, with an angry expression, but he didn't notice her, as he was absorbed in his own problem

"well, you got in VIA a HERO recommendation, we can't just have a recommendation for one curriculum and then put you in a different one. There are things preventing us to just move around students."

Michi sighed sharply "can I take the entrance exam?!"

the woman sighed "no, it's too late for that hun. If you really want to switch from hero to... whatever, you will first need to finish a semester. Afterwards we can take your grades and put you in a correct class. Unless there's an emergency. Is there an emergency Mr. Shinomori?"

Michi's hand fell off of the desk in defeat "no ma'am. Thank you."

Michi walked away from the desk, bumping into the girl behind him, in his anger he didn't apologize.

"I'm sorry about that sweetie."

"oh don't you worry, seems like he's having a moment."

Michi walked towards his class... his heart full of rage.. "a moment? A FUCKING MOMENT? FUCK YOU IM ENTITLED TO GET OUT OF THIS BULL-"

without realizing it, Michi bumped into his tall cousin.. Senshi

"oh shit, there you are! You took your damn time to get here Mochi."

Michi tries to contain himself, even with Senshi and his stupid nicknames

"stop calling me fucking Mochi"

Senshi backed off. His cousin has had an attitude problem ever since... well...

Michi entered the class, behind him was Senshi... and a few other students behind them as well.

"yo, Shinomori! Where were you man? You entered before us and you weren't even here."

Michi came up with a quick excuse,

"bathroom."

Michi sat down next to the window, a few minutes later their teacher entered the classroom. It's been about four years since Shota Aizawa was forced to retire... and he was replaced by the young but brave, Sheg Matsui. The blue haired individual was ready to begin his first year as a teacher... he took a deep breath

"Everyone. Stand up, we're starting off strong. We will begin your hero studies with a 1v1 scenario against your peers."

Senshi and Shizu looked at each other puzzled.

"! But orientation?"

"fuck this school. That's just a face to make it seem like we're a normal functional school. We're not. We're here to become soldiers. To become heroes that can save the country. SO STAND UP AND GET YOUR ASSES DOWN TO TRAINING!"

everyone made their way down to the practice arena.. as they made their way to the training area, Michi sighed in repulsion. He didn't want to do this.. maybe he could get out of this. Michi stepped out of the locker room first in the UA approved gym wear either way.

"oi. Teach. I'm sitting this out. Fail me if you need to but-"

Matsui turned around with an angered look, the rest of the students catching up

" "sitting out?" There is no sitting out. You're in this class, you're in this curriculum, you're participating. I don't care if you get your ass kicked day after day, you are here until you either say you're DONE. OR I SAY YOU'RE DONE."

Michi looked unamused as he tried to keep his anger.

"YKNOW WHAT?! YOU'RE GOING FIRST."

Matsui looked through the crowd, and pointed at a girl.

"You."

a shorter, skinny girl walked forward, her hair black like Shinomori, but eyes colored like Amber... it seemed no one noticed but Shinomori, but she clearly had track marks on her right arm. she stood next to Shinomori.

"yessir."

"Mari, Nagamine? Correct? Your opponent will be Michi Shinomori."

Shinomori looked over at the girl, her expression was stern as she looked at Shinomori.. his scowl was unyielding..

Michi stood outside of the scenario building... he had an ear piece on, Matsui screamed in his ear

"You are to find and "eliminate" Ms. nagamine. Whoever takes down or knocks out the other wins."

Michi had a scowl. He knew he couldn't just give up or he'd get yelled at more in front of everyone.. he hasn't been this pissed off since his father tried congratulating him in getting into UA.

Shizu sat next to Senshi, he spoke out "how do you think he'll do?"

Senshi looked at the screen puzzled by Michi's actions,

"Michi wins. Regardless. Even if he doesn't want to fight, he has the mind of a true strategist..."

Michi activated his quirk... three rings formed in Michi's upper arms... they had a dark orange glow to them... he looked at his arms with remorse... Matsui yelled out to the class,

"His quirk? Agony! Michi Shinomori has intense strength and speed! He can even share his strength with others by sharing the rings that form on his arms! But, every time he uses his quirk, he is left with an intense pain throughout his body afterwards!"

Mari closed a door in the building... she was given time to prep within the training because it was supposed to be "attackers vs defenders" but Michi rushed the teacher with his disrespect.. she laid down on the ground... taking a deep breath, she stopped breathing. As the class watched this with concern, Matsui yelled out once again, startling the students...

"Hers? Spirit Walker! mari has the ability to leave her body and possess others! She can explore memories, and even feed false memories to a person! But, she reports that she sees lost spirits everywhere.. almost like they stalk the living... holding onto them like puppets! It's extremely stressful!"

Hana spoke out with fear, "but she's not breathing!!" Matsui looked for a second, then squinted at his notes

"OH YEAH THAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE LEAVES HER BODY. SHE'LL BE FINE!"

Shizu paused for a second... "wait does that mean there IS an after life-"

"DONT THINK ABOUT IT TOO MUCH!"

Michi Shinomori Vs. Mari Nagamine

Michi clenched his hand, frustration filled his body as he didn't want to do this shit to begin with... he punched a hole through a wall, dust filling the first floor as a distraction, he then climbed the building, jumping through the third story building window in an attempt to surprise Mari... he landed inside the building, his arm pulsating with pain... he looked around... he had no clue what her quirk could be, so he continued to survey around the building quietly... Shizu commented as he watched

"How can Michi fight if he can't hurt her spirit?!"

Senshi watched "easy, he has to find her body. Just by having her under guard he wins. She's completely defenseless in this state, so that's why she hid it... little does Shinomori know, if he went up one more floor, he would've already found her."

Michi walked door to door, checking rooms, no sign of the damn girl-

"A hero recommendation that doesn't want to be a hero? Imagine that."

Shinomori turned around, hearing a quiet whisper from his right ear. He backed away, staying alert.. he listened intently...

"maybe I was right.. it might've just been you having a moment this morn-"

Michi punched a hole in the wall behind him, he finally recognized the voice, the same goddamn girl that he bumped into in administration was the girl he was facing in class. Michi looked around trying to find her... he started walking towards the stairs.

"So do you have long hair and piercing to look tough? Because it makes you look the opposite. Like you're insecure about how you look-"

Michi swung at the ghost, angered by Nagamine's remarks... he spoke to himself

"that is NOT the reason."

"Nagamine..."

"Get out of my head."

Michi began walking up the stairs... Mark spoke once more,

"took you long enough to figure that out Shrimp for brains. Oh not about me being in your head, about you realizing I'm the girl from administration. Don't worry! Your little bitch fit will stay with me!"

Michi kept walking. He grabbed the handle of the door, as he did so, he heard a gasp from Mari.. suddenly, Michi was blocking a kick from Mari, she swung for his head, as Michi did the same, punching a hole through the wall, and sending the door flying into the room.

"oh! Well I don't wanna be hit!"

Michi swung again at Mari, she did a backflip kick, forcing Michi to kick the ceiling above him, debris falling on top of himself. After the dust settled, Mari was gone again. Michi started walking

"so, as much as I'm enjoying your... VERY vulgar thoughts... I'm gonna poke your brain a little."

"poke my brain?"

"search through your memories! See what makes you such a meanie!"

Mari laughed within Shinomori's mind.. her body bouncing up and down almost mimicking her laughter. Senshi looked at her body language and Michi's

"her strategy is to piss him off enough to go into a blind rage. Fair enough.. he's got his dad's old temper."

Hana mimicked Nemui Shinomori from an old video,

"DONT YOU DARE HOLD BACK ITAMI! YOU MOTHER FUCKERRRR"

the class laughed.. it seemed anger issues ran in the Shinomori bloodline..

Michi walked through the building... with each room he checked, he broke down the walls... giving her less rooms to hide in.

"if you do so, you will end up like these walls."

"Do you KISS YOUR MOTHER WITH YOUR MOUTH?! God, you're violent. Oh- "don't think.. don't think of her." I think I found something interesting! Movie time!"

Shinomori fell to his knees.. almost like a dream was being played in his eyelids... he began to panic.

"NO GODDAMMIT!! NO!!"

3 Years and months ago

Michi pulled out his phone... calling his dad with a gleeful smile, he just opened his birthday present, his mother Naomi had a custom watch made for Michi... it worked with his quirk, so if he became a hero and needed to use his quirk, he could use his quirk with the watch on. Finally, Nemui answered

"Son!!"

"Dad! Dad!! Look at the watch mom got me!!"

Michi was so excited that he could not keep the camera straight, the image was blurry and Nemui couldn't make out anything.. a laugh could be heard through the phone,

"I'll take your word for it- oh, son I've got to go! I'll wake you up when I'm home, and we can talk about your day then! I love you son!!"

Michi smiled gleefully "bye dad! Have a good night shift!"

Michi hung up the phone, looking at his mom, Naomi Shinomori,

"alright young man, it's time for bed."

"hmm.. I don't know mom. 13 is the age where boys start puberty, right? So by that logic, I should get to stay up longer than I used to!"

Naomi laughed, "ohhh okay big man, should you also get a side job, and help mom and dad with bills with your allowance?"

Michi began to sweat... "uhh... no?"

"there's your answer! Up to bed mister! Do you want me to tuck you in??"

"moooooom... I'm in middle school! I don't need you doing that."

"right right... I'm sorry... I love you my little man!"

Michi nodded, running upstairs, tip toeing as he passed his little sister's room... Mari blurted out. As she "paused" the memory like a movie.

"I don't understand, you have such loving parents Haha! What went wrong with you?!"

Michi's inner voice cracked.. almost like he was breaking down,

"please I fucking beg of you! Stop this! STOP THIS!"

mari resumed, speeding past the sleeping... this memory was longer. So she could tell there was more to it.. when she heard screaming.. she watched as if she was in the perspective of Shinomori.. the more intense, or fresh the memory, the more "in character" Mari was

Mari and young Michi spoke in unison,

"mom? Mom did you drop something?!"

Mari walked down the stairs, stopping whilst she was still in the shadows, she saw Naomi and Nemui holding one another, smiles on both of their faces, Naomi spoke,

"being too kind can kill too, Nemui, never forget that..."

"Ew gross."

as Mari began to turn around. She heard a third voice, "who is that?!"

Mari turned around, Nemui and Naomi were no longer holding each other, but were alarmed by a man standing where Mari couldn't see.. the man yelled in English... Mari saw Nemui dash forward with his quirk, towards the ominous voice, a gun shot could be heard, Naomi screamed, Naomi was clearly in distress

"NEMUI OH MY GOD-"

Mari ran down the stairs, seeing Nemui on the ground, recovering from a gun shot to the stomach, Mari could see the shooter, a young man with red hair pointed the gun at Naomi, pulling the trigger twice, one hitting her in the right lung, and the other in the stomach... the man began to aim the gun towards Naomi's head as Mari jumped in the way to move her mother out of the way... Mari felt the burn of a bullet hit her left ear, she fell to the ground, holding her ear, Nemui got up, knocking out the boy with a gun, he ran to his wife and son

"MICHI...! NAOMI!!!"

Mari got up, holding her ear, tears falling,

"I'm okay- MOM?!"

as Nemui moved over Naomi, onto her back, she held her wound on her stomach... Nemui began to panic, pushing the wounds in an attempt to stop the bleeding..

"HONEY!! HONEY!! THE SILENT ALARM WAS TRIGGERED. HANG ON FOR THE AMBULANCE!

Mari was shocked. Seeing her mother in pain... she could hear her little sister crying... Naomi choked on her own blood, as it began to pour from her mouth... she grabbed Nemui and Mari's heads, pulling them in for one more hug... she could only utter a few words...

"m...my... b.boys... I l...oved you... more... th...n li...fe... tak... care... Mik...o..."

sirens could be heard outside, police bursting through the doors,

Mari began to panic "MOM! MOM!! MOM NO NO NO!! PLEASE MOM! "

Mari woke up, screaming in her body, she held her ear as tears fell from her eyes. In a voice, similar to Michi's younger voice morphing back to her own voice, she screamed out

"MOOOOOOOOM..."

Mari looked at her hands, seeing her feminine hands again, she heard a door open, Michi standing in front of her, tears falling from his own eyes, Mari looked closer...

Michi's weird left ear was scarred by the bullet... and the piercings "bridging" the two pieces together, were Naomi's...

Michi began to move, Mari flinched, until she heard sliding against the wall. She opened her eyes, seeing Michi slide against the wall, wiping his eyes... looking away from her.

"it's a weird feeling... knowing someone knows exactly how I felt that night... that scream... it haunts me... every goddamn night."

Mari wiped her eyes, looking at Michi...

"when.. your mom said kindness can kill too... you.. took that too seriously, Shinomori."

Michi did a slight, half assed nod, before standing up, powering up his quirk again,

"say you fold."

Mari stared at Shinomori... after a few second she spoke, "I fold."

Afterwards

Matsui sighed heavily

"Nagamine you were supposed to kick his-"

Matsui took in a deep breath,

"Mari, you showed us today the usefulness of your quirk, causing Shinomori to be distracted by you for almost four minutes... as well, you showed how useful your quirk could be in a communication based scenario. A plus."

"Michi, even showing prior hesitation, you showed yourself as a strong willed, and strategic mind.. your quirk itself is devastating. I have to ask, how did you know that Mari's body wasn't with you? Antagonizing you?"

Michi looked at Mari, before, he would've lifted her arm, showing her track marks... clearly she had to take quirk blockers... her quirk was too strong for her body, so he knew that whatever quirk she had, it was complex.. it was an educated guess...

Michi shrugged...

"I... just wanted to smash the building. I didn't know if she was the spirit talking to me or her entirely."

Mari looked at Shinomori surprised... some people don't understand quirk blockers... some see it as chicken to take the drugs... saying you're too "weak" to understand your full capabilities...

Matsui sighed "A minus then. You surprised me today. Line up with the rest-"

"but sir I want to talk about-"

Matsui turned around. With a kinder look, he spoke quietly to only Michi

"look. Shinomori, you say you don't want to do this.. your heart speaks differently than your brain.. the school's aware of Mari's condition, and so are you, instead of being honest you shielded her from the opinions of her peers. Not only that your strategy, it was nearly perfect. Your a prodigy. I looked into your family... please.. don't lose yourself in the loss of your-"

Michi pushed the teacher off of him, walking toward his classmates.

"one semester. You've got a semester with me, let's see if you or anyone can change my mind... you won't. I don't want this."

Matsui turned around, sighing "that boy is more of a hero than he understands... but if he doesn't allow himself to, then there's nothing I can do."

Matsui clapped, "ALRIGHT, NEXT IS SHIZU BAGA VERSUS... AHMYA TSUBASA!"

Shizu sat up straight, a goofy smile filled his face, he looked to his side, seeing a girl with long silver hair, with beautiful metallic wings.. he reached out slightly...

"I love your wings dude!!! Can I touch them?!"

the girl slightly extended her wing, allowing Baga to touch them, he smiled ear to ear, she could hear him mutter "so cool" over and over.. she became bashful...

"oi oi. Enough of that, Baga, you're defender. Tsubasa, get ready to invade."

SHIZU BAGA VS AHMYA TSUBASA

Shizu ripped the sleeves off of his clothes, with a smile, he dragged his fingers across his skin, sparks began to fly until a wall of fire was created!

"SHIZU BAGA! QUIRK? IGNITE! HIS SKIN HAS INSANE FLAMMABILITY! JUST BY RUBBING AGAINST HIS SKIN HE CAN CAUSE FIRES TO COMBUST AROUND HIMSELF, DIFFERENT SHAPES AND DRAWINGS CAUSE DIFFERENT EFFECTS! HE ALSO HAS INSANE HEAT IMMUNITY!!"

Tsubasa extended her wings, she started to fly in the air, surveying around, she found Baga's defenses...

"AHMYA TSUBASAAAA! QUIRK? METALLIC WINGS! METALS THAT HER WINGS ABSORB CAN LATER BE USED! DEPENDING ON THE METAL, SHE CAN BE AS FAST AS HAWKS WHEN HE HAD A QUIRK!"

Tsubasa wrapped herself with her wings as she bursted in, pulling out a feather to use as a weapon, Baga saw this and was shocked,

"OH HI! NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN!"

Shizu stepped into the flames Tsubasa swiped at the flames that he stepped through... but surprisingly nothing was behind it... she turned around, seeing Shizu emerge through his flames, like a burning star himself...

"Cool right?! My dad doesn't think it's cool... I accidentally burnt down the house when my quirk awakened..."

Tsubasa charged again, swiping and cutting Shizu's arm, he scratched on his arm, making a sphere, he threw a fire ball at Tsubasa's wings... charring them for a moment...

"Ah, not hot enough in here yet."

Shizu began throwing up flames, surrounding himself and Tsubasa... she began to sweat from the heat... her wings burned her as they touched her arms

Shizu charged her again, throwing flames at her, Tsubasa used her wings to cover herself, and ram into Baga, she swung at him twice... but while she rammed him, he pulled one of her feathers, using it to parry her feather, he kicked her in the stomach into a flame, throwing the feather to pin her to the concrete wall. He jumped on her, grabbing onto her shoulders with a deranged look on his face...

"Boo."

Shizu smashed the window next to Tsubasa, due to the change of temperatures, the wall exploded, sending Tsubasa flying out of the building.

"Baga wins!""

"miss Tsubasa.. your recon was great, you saw the enemy, and his plans, but you rushed in.. speed is not everything young miss.. you also allowed him to get a hand on one of your feathers... arming him... other than those mistake, you get a solid B."

"Shizu Baga... you can clearly see your father's technique in your own fighting style. You did great. A plus."

Matsui went through a few students, Fugu faced another classmate, winning without a problem...

"quirk? Shadow clone! Fugu has the ability to clone herself as long as it's from a shadow. But these copies get weaker and weaker the more clones she makes! After a while, a single punch can deal with one of her clones."

Hana stood triumphant in front of a falling classmate, continuously teleporting from the ceiling to the floor.

"quirk? Teleportation. Hana can replace someone with a random object, or make a physical portal that anyone can teleport through an infinite amount of time until she disables it. She can only have one!"

Senshi sat on the side of a collapsed building, blowing the hair out of his face with a bummed face.

"quirk? Inner lock! Senshi has the same strength as his father! But with each punch he can easily destroy what ever he punches! It's like his mother's quirk became an after effect to his father's punch."

"man... I really wanted a real fight.. Why couldn't I fight Michi!!"

Michi had a frown on his face.

"dude. Don't be disrespectful to our classmates..."

Mari was speaking in unison with Michi. She quickly covered her mouth.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't mocking you. My quirk sometimes likes to link with people that I've been in contact with recently. Making me spout their thoughts."

Senshi put his hand out to Mari

"Nagamine right? I'm Senshi Itami, this is Michi Shinomori- I'm sure you've met him well!"

Mari had an awkward look on her face

"yeah.. more than you know."

"come and meet the rest of the group!!"

Senshi pulled both Mari and Michi to the group of friends. Even if Michi wanted to be alone, Senshi wasn't letting it happen.

after a long day of catching up on classes, everyone made it to their dorms. Michi was on the top floor of the 1-A dorm rooms... he was the only person on this level.. which made him smile.. at least he had that going for him! He finished decorating his room, he had a nice bed, fit with a fluffy blanket, the watch his mother gave him was in a case, the frame and glass of the watch was broken... he set the case down on his wardrobe where he could see it... on his wall was a photo of himself, his little sister, and his dad, and one with his mom in it as well.

"nice room you got here."

Shinomori turned around, looking around, he recognized the voice, he sighed.

"you weren't invited."

"and you weren't answering."

Michi took out his headphones, opening the door, he saw across the dormitory was Mari's body sitting against a wall, she stood up, waving at Shinomori. He leaned against the wall guard unamused.

"what? Playing nice cuz now you feel bad that you dug through my fucking brain?"

Mari shook her head.

"no, more like playing nice because I know what you've been through now. More or less."

"doesn't mean I gotta return the favor. Fuc-"

"I know you will. Because that's not the boy you were."

Michi looked confused at Mari, her expression was serious. He heard her speak in her mother's voice

"You haven't changed, Michi"

Shinomori closed his eyes looking back up,

"what did you say?"

Mari looked confused

"I said got haven't changed Shinomori."

Mari pointed down,

"you've got visitors coming."

Michi turned his head, Shizu, and Senshi walked up, looking at Michi, Shizu spoke

"yo! You're outside of your room! What a surprise! We thought we'd have to knock the door of its hinges."

Michi pointed at Mari,

"I was speaking to Nagamine-"

as he turned his head, she was not there. Senshi shrugged

"I didn't see her. I think she's in her room bro."

Michi shook his head "I'm getting sick of this.. "ghost girl."

Mari woke up, gasping for air, her vision correcting itself, she sat up in her bed,

"hm... maybe. He might be a good choice."